Case 4: Deshan Carries his Pack
- Title in Sullivan (2021): Deshan Carries his Pack
- Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Te Shan Carrying His Bundle
- Title in Sekida (2005): Tokusan Visits Isan
- Named characters (in Pinyin):
- Deshan Xuanjian (c. 781-865)
- Guishan Lingyou (771-853)
- Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
- Te Shan
- Kuei Shan
- Named characters (in Japanese):
- Tokusan
- Isan
- Historical commentaries:
- Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
- Modern commentaries:
- Matthew Juksan Sullivan (contained in The Garden of Flowers and Weeds, 2021)
- Richard Shrobe (contained in Elegant Failure, Ch. 6, 2010).
- Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koans, page 134, 1973)
- Stefano Mui Barragato (dharma talk)
- Dainin Katagiri (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
- Jay Rinsen Weik (audio dharma talk)
- Bodhin Kjolhede (audio dharma talk)
- Genjo Marinello (audio dharma talk)
- Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
- Henry Shukman (audio dharma talk)
- Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)
- Scholarly commentaries:
- Steven Heine (contained in Opening a Mountains, page 51, 2002).